Oligarchen Problem

Link: http://www.netzpolitik.org/2011/musikindustrie-gab-mehr-als-90-millionen-dollar-fur-lobbying-aus/

Mehr als 90 Millionen Dollar(!) wurden in den vergangenen zehn Jahren von der US-Musikindustrie für Lobbying für Urheberrechtsverschärfungen auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene ausgegeben.

„The very first time a major music industry executive heard about Napster and got nervous, they turned left and went down and talked to their lawyers instead of walking out of their office and turning right and heading down to the business section,” says Rebecca Jeschke, media relations director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. „That was the fundamental mistake.”